Comments on: Retrevo: Product Reviews, Deals, Manuals, and More http://cybernetnews.com/retrevo-product-reviews-deals-manuals-and-more/ Technology News Sun, 08 Nov 2009 20:26:55 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Anonymous http://cybernetnews.com/retrevo-product-reviews-deals-manuals-and-more/comment-page-1/#comment-123309 Anonymous Wed, 21 Nov 2007 01:25:05 +0000 http://cybernetnews.com/2007/11/19/retrevo-product-reviews-deals-manuals-and-more/#comment-123309 Both points raised are good and legit. We observed some issus with the merchant feed we get from one of our partners. While we work with this partner to resolve the merchant quaification issue, we are putting a safeguad in place to minimize the impact of Joe Schmoe’s Used Gadget Shack. You should have a better experience in next couple of days. And yes, advanced sorting options is on our roadmap. I can't talk more, otherwise my product guy will kill me :-). Both points raised are good and legit. We observed some issus with the merchant feed we get from one of our partners. While we work with this partner to resolve the merchant quaification issue, we are putting a safeguad in place to minimize the impact of Joe Schmoe’s Used Gadget Shack. You should have a better experience in next couple of days.

And yes, advanced sorting options is on our roadmap. I can’t talk more, otherwise my product guy will kill me :-) .

]]> By: Ryan http://cybernetnews.com/retrevo-product-reviews-deals-manuals-and-more/comment-page-1/#comment-123166 Ryan Tue, 20 Nov 2007 03:13:01 +0000 http://cybernetnews.com/2007/11/19/retrevo-product-reviews-deals-manuals-and-more/#comment-123166 That's a really good point Joe. I hadn't thought about how much the post date of a review affects how useful it actually ends up being. I'm guessing that it will continue to get better though, and in the future they will probably offer advanced sorting options. That’s a really good point Joe. I hadn’t thought about how much the post date of a review affects how useful it actually ends up being. I’m guessing that it will continue to get better though, and in the future they will probably offer advanced sorting options.

]]> By: Joe Ledvina http://cybernetnews.com/retrevo-product-reviews-deals-manuals-and-more/comment-page-1/#comment-123148 Joe Ledvina Tue, 20 Nov 2007 00:51:10 +0000 http://cybernetnews.com/2007/11/19/retrevo-product-reviews-deals-manuals-and-more/#comment-123148 After browsing for a few minutes, I see one major flaw - the lack of accounting for the ages of reviews. I tried searching for "bluetooth", and found a CNet comparison of headsets from 2005, plus a 2002 (!!) article on getting these newfangled bluetooth electronics to network. The dates weren't in the list - I had to follow the link to find out they were ancient (by gadget standards). The review aggregations suffer (albeit less) from the same flaw - several models of PDA they listed in the top 30 are only available from Joe Schmoe's Used Gadget Shack. This is true of many of the price-comparison sites, but it's often more readily apparent (either the number of retailers is prominent or you can sort by date of review). After browsing for a few minutes, I see one major flaw – the lack of accounting for the ages of reviews. I tried searching for “bluetooth”, and found a CNet comparison of headsets from 2005, plus a 2002 (!!) article on getting these newfangled bluetooth electronics to network. The dates weren’t in the list – I had to follow the link to find out they were ancient (by gadget standards).
The review aggregations suffer (albeit less) from the same flaw – several models of PDA they listed in the top 30 are only available from Joe Schmoe’s Used Gadget Shack. This is true of many of the price-comparison sites, but it’s often more readily apparent (either the number of retailers is prominent or you can sort by date of review).

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